Sorry, Sparky, but it's no myth. I know people like you worship at the shrine of academia and anyone who spouts unintelligible tech jargon at you in a lofty, supercilious tone of voice, but the fact is, all the book smarts in the world don't make you immune from being an absolute bonehead.
And frankly, YOUR judgement on someone's common sense is maybe worth a fart in a wind tunnel. Maybe.
Like I said, wave academia at you starry-eyed sad sacks, and you go all swoony like a teenaged girl at a Beatles concert. While I realize that you're willing to believe others know more about everything than you do simply because they actually do, that doesn't mean that's EVERYONE has the same abundant cause for modesty that you do.
Talk to me about how brilliant graduating from Harvard made a person when Bush was President, you hypocritical mouthbreather.